256 SANDPIPER. 



Ash-coloured Sandpiper, Gen. Syn. v. 177. Br. Zool. ii. No. 194. Id.fol. 124. pi. 

 E. 1. f. 1. Id. 1812. ii. p. 78. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 386. Lewin, v. pi. 171. 

 Walcot, ii. pi. 147. Bewick, ii. p. 103. Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. Amer. Oin. vii. 

 36. pi. 57. f. 2. Lin. Trans, xii. p. 533. 



LENGTH ten inches, breadth twenty; weight five ounces. Bill 

 straight, black, swelling a little towards the point; irides dusky; 

 head ash-colour, spotted with black ; neck the same, marked with 

 dusky streaks; back and wing coverts finely varied with concentric 

 semicircles of black, ash-colour, and white ; coverts of the tail barred 

 black and white ; tail cinereous, edged with white ; breast and belly 

 white ; the first spotted with black ; legs dusky green ; toes bordered 

 with a narrow, finely scolloped membrane. 



Found on the shores of Flintshire, in the winter, in large flocks ; 

 met with also in Cornwall, and other parts of England : supposed 

 to breed in Denmark; rarely seen in England after the end of March, 

 or beginning of April,* is subject to much variety in plumage. On 

 the Coast of Caermanthenshire known by the name of Howster. It 

 is also found in America: breeds at Hudson's Bay, being found there 

 throughout the summer, and called Sasque pisqua nishish. Seen 

 in great numbers on Seal Islands, near Chateaux Bay.f Only 

 observed in the United States in spring and autumn. 



16— KNOT SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Canutus, Lid. Orn. ii. 738. Lin. i. 251. Faun. suec. No. 183. Gm. Lin. i. 



679. Brun. No. 182. Bris. v. 258. Id. 8vo. ii. 276. Raii, 108. A. 5. Will. 



224. t. 56. f. 1. Tern. Man. 405. Id. Ed. 2d. p. 628. 

 Le Canut, Buf. viii. 142. 

 Der Kanutsvogel, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 183. 

 Knot, or Red Sandpiper, Lin. Trans, xii. p. 533. 



* I received one from the late Mr. Boys, shot near Sandwich, March 9, 1785 ; and 

 another September, 1792. f Arct. Zool. 



